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1 Kings 6:36-38
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36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the month of Ziv[a] in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign[b] the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul[c] (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:37 sn In the month of Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.
  2. 1 Kings 6:37 tn The words “of Solomon’s reign” are added for clarification. See v. 1.
  3. 1 Kings 6:38 sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.
  4. 1 Kings 6:38 tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”
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